4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1951
NAMED MODELSpecial · Expedition & CampersItaly

Campagnola Algiers–Cape Town (1951)

The record Campagnolas: two specially equipped 1101s driven by Paolo Butti and Domenico Racca from Algiers to Cape Town and back in December 1951 in 11 days 4 hours 54 minutes, a record unbeaten because the route can no longer be driven.

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Sources & evidence
Campagnola Algiers–Cape Town (1951) — Fiat Campagnola HT version used for Algiers-Capetown raceErremm · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
BASE VEHICLECampagnola 1101 (AR51, AR55, AR59; 1951–73)BUILT BYFiat, TurinIN SERVICE1951PRODUCTIONTwoLAYOUT4 wheels · 88.6″

The record

Fiat’s publicity drive of the new Campagnola across the Sahara and central Africa in its launch year.

Specification

MANUFACTURERFiat, Turin ↗
MANUFACTURED1951–51
ENGINE1.9-litre petrol four
PRODUCTION RUNTwo
COUNTRY OF ORIGINItaly
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINECampagnola
FAMILYCampagnola
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE88.6″
BODY STYLEtorpedo
CATEGORYSpecial · Expedition & Campers

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Variants & colours

Base model variants

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Sources

  1. 1Fiat Campagnola (Italian) ↗Wikipedia (it) · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: researched